Hércules Florence
Monegasque-Brazilian painter · Brazil · On the map · Artists · Lived 1804 to 1879 · aged 75
Antoine Hercule Romuald Florence was a Monegasque-Brazilian painter and inventor, known as the isolate inventor of photography in Brazil, three years before Daguerre, using the matrix negative/positive, still in use.
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About this person
According to Kossoy, who examined Florence's notes, he referred to his process, in French, as photographie in 1834, at least four years before John Herschel coined the English word photography.
Country
Brazil
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1804 to 1879 · aged 75
